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2. Without the intervention of any cause or event ; 



as opposed to mediately. 

 Presenly, adv. of time. 



1. Instantly, without delay. Exactly synonimous 

 with immediately ,• being never with propriety em- 

 ployed to denote any thing but future time. 



2. Formerly it was employed to exprefs present 

 time. Thus, the house presently pofsefsed by such a 

 one, was often used ; but this is now become a vici- 

 ous exprefsion ; and we ought to say, the house pof- 

 stfsed at present. It differs from immediately in 

 this, that even in the most corrupt phrases it never 

 can denote past time. 



Form, s. The external appearance of any ob- 

 ject, when considered only with respect to fliape and 

 figure- This term, therefore, in the literal sense, 

 can only be applied to the objects of the sight and 

 touch ; and is nearly synonimous with figure ; but 

 they differ in some respects. Form may be employed 

 to denote more rude and unfiniflied lliapes ; figure, 

 those which are more perfect and regular. Form 

 can never be employed without denoting matter ; 

 whereas figure may be employed in the abstract : 

 Thus we say a square or triangular figure, but not a 

 square or triangular fortn. And in the same way 

 .we say the figure of a house ; but we must de- 

 note the substance of which it consists if we use 

 the word form ; as a cloud, of the form of a house, 

 XSc. See figure. 



2. In contrast to irregularity or confusion. As 

 beauty cannot consist without order, it is, by a fi- 

 j;iire of speech, used to denote beauty, order, 'iJc. 



